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Be on speed by the gate
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 135 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,717 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,717 m of the 3,889 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 429 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 35L at LTFM Istanbul Airport, covering 2 nm in 6 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 35L the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,909 m, representing 47 % of the runway, and lifted off at 155 kt. Local weather was temperature 25 °C, wind 16 kt from 40°, with a crosswind component of 10 kt and a headwind component of 12 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile north-west of LTFM, near Arnavutköy, rising from 1,329 ft asl to 39,998 ft asl - an increase of 38,669 ft - over 29 minutes while covering 191 nm.
The first level cruise began 3 miles north-east of Sevlievo, Bulgaria, lasting 140 minutes and covering 1,040 nm.
Descent started 12 miles north-west of Wenduine, Belgium, descending from 39,998 ft asl to 3,250 ft asl - a loss of 36,748 ft - in 26 minutes over 130 nm.
A second level cruise segment was flown overhead Kennington, Greater London, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
The subsequent descent began 2 miles west of Chelsea, Greater London, dropping from 2,857 ft asl to 1,677 ft asl - a decrease of 1,180 ft - in 2 minutes across 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 27R at EGLL London Heathrow involved a descent from 1,650 ft agl to 74 ft agl in 113 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Touchdown on runway 27R occurred at a threshold speed of 136 kt, with a touchdown distance of 428 m and a touchdown speed of 134 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 289 fpm. Local weather at the time was temperature 20 °C, wind 9 kt from 310°, crosswind 6 kt and headwind 7 kt. Total landing distance recorded was 1,626 m, representing 42 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft continued along the runway after touchdown.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area, covering 1 nm in 4 minutes.
Overall, the flight covered 1,378 nm, required 212 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 19,143 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 conducted the final approach to runway 27R at EGLL, London Heathrow, with a stabilised profile at the 1,000 ft gate; gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed were all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,650 ft agl to 74 ft agl in 113 seconds, meeting the stabilisation-gate criteria that contributed to the overall score of 94.4 %.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 136 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly configured for landing.
Touchdown occurred 428 m down the runway; the speed at touchdown was 134 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 289 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 1,626 m, representing 42 % of the 3,889 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF to tighten the margin on the aim point, and refine the flare to achieve a gentler vertical rate, which will convert the fair rate rating to a better one.
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